Excision of Left Eye, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Excision of Left Eye, Open Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Excision

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

4. Body Part Eye, Left

Also covers

Ciliary body
Posterior chamber

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
08B00ZX	Excision of Right Eye, Open Approach, Diagnostic	Valid
08B00ZZ	Excision of Right Eye, Open Approach	Valid
08B03ZX	Excision of Right Eye, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic	Valid
08B03ZZ	Excision of Right Eye, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
08B0XZX	Excision of Right Eye, External Approach, Diagnostic	Valid
08B0XZZ	Excision of Right Eye, External Approach	Valid
08B10ZX	Excision of Left Eye, Open Approach, Diagnostic	Valid
08B13ZX	Excision of Left Eye, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic	Valid
08B13ZZ	Excision of Left Eye, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
08B1XZX	Excision of Left Eye, External Approach, Diagnostic	Valid
08B1XZZ	Excision of Left Eye, External Approach	Valid
08B43ZX	Excision of Right Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic	Valid